The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Waxing Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 AM
9:07 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1240
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.2° / 127.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 56m / 4.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.40° / -1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.10° / 3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.18° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.